Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2009/06

From: "Michael Platt" <wolfi622@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Forestone vs. Legere
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:59:02 -0400

I never liked the Legere's so I haven't used them. I have bought a few
Forestones of different strengths. I like to sound - as do others. They
are certainly better for me than Legere's. My two complaints about the
Forestones, however, are that they are more difficult to control in the
upper altissimo - something partially remedied by clipping them a little.
And, the feel - they feel, as Jim said about the Legere's - slippery on the
lip. Not much different than Legere's. I guess I prefer the "friction" of
cane. Still, the Forestones are in my rotation - especially for pit work.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lytthans [mailto:lytthans@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:52 PM
To: Klarinet Digest (Mail)
Subject: [kl] Forestone vs. Legere

I've used Legere's for doubling, but don't like them on clarinet. They don't

feel or sound natural to me. The Forestone really emulates a cane reed.
Maybe it's visual, for they have the color of cane, not the transparent look

of the Legere. Legere's feel slippery on the lip, too. Very unnatural to me.
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Jim Lytthans, DMA.
Anaheim, CA

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